Filming in June: Yara Shahidi to Star in Upcoming Feature Film ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ in New York & Toronto

The Sun is Also a Star, a film to star Grown-ish actress Yara Shahidi, starts filming in June in New York, NY & Toronto, Canada. MGM Studios and Warner Bros are collaborating on the project currently in pre-production. Scroll down for more.

Project Synopsis:

The film is based on the Nicola Yoon novel, which was a 2016 National Book Award finalist. The story centers on a teenage girl who falls in love with a boy 12 hours before her family is set to be deported to Jamaica. Les Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton are producing the project.

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